Moscow uncovers several bln rbl of govt officials’ murky deals

MOSCOW, Apr 25 (PRIME) -- Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service has detected dubious offshore transactions done by the Russian government officials, deputies and governors, totaling several billion rubles, Director Yury Chikhanchin said at a forum on Wednesday.

“Many dubious transactions worth several billion rubles with participation of companies controlled by Russian citizens were detected. Connection with several Russian public figures, including governors and deputies, officials of the executive authorities of various levels was detected. The results of the investigation were sent to the law enforcement authorities,” Chikhanchin said.

He also said that the service is constantly monitoring media materials, including the Panama, Paradise, U.K. papers.

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